Cheney Hospitalized After Having Discomfort

Former Vice President Dick Cheney hospitalized in Washington after reporting discomfort..

Is America ready to admit defeat in its 40-year war on drugs?

Cartel gunmen broke into the El Aliviane drug rehabilitation centre, lined 17 young people against a wall and cut them down with a fusillade of machine-gun fire..

"Why the hell should I feel sorry", says girl soldier who abused Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison

After all, what better way to incite a young fanatic than by showing him a photo of a female American soldier nonchalantly holding a leash, tightened around the neck of a naked and hooded Iraqi prisoner, as he squirms on the floor of his cell?

The Liberal Hour

Dick Cheney is often critical of President Obama, but on one issue we suspect the former Vice President has a grudging admiration: In a mere 100 days, the Democrat has silenced eight years of criticism about the Imperial Presidency.

It is once again the liberal hour in American politics, and the media and political classes now see energy in the executive as a national asset..

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President works to defend his legacy

THE countdown clocks that George Bush's chief of staff distributed 990 days ago are still ticking. His advisers tallied their remaining time last week and calculated fewer than 300 hours to go...

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Source: canberra news

US blames Hamas 'thugs' for Gaza deaths

Gordon Johndroe, the Bush administration spokesman, said Israel must try to avoid civilian casualties, but laid the blame for deaths on the Palestinian groups that controls the impoverished territory.

"These people [Hamas] are nothing but thugs, and so Israel is going to defend its people against terrorists like Hamas," he said late on Saturday...

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Source: al jazeera

Bush prepares crisis briefings to aid Obama

The contingency planning goes beyond what other administrations have done, with President George W. Bush and Obama vowing to work in tandem to ensure a more efficient transition in a time of war and terrorist threat.

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Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy

"I would hope that when it's all said and done, people say, 'This is a guy who showed up to solve problems,'" Bush said at a global health forum. "And when you have somebody say there's a pandemic that you can help, and you do nothing about it, then you have frankly disgraced the office." ..

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Source: guardian.co.uk

Barbara Bush recovering after surgery

Former first lady Barbara Bush was expected to remain in a Houston hospital for the next week as she recovers from laparoscopic surgery for a perforated ulcer, her surgeon said Wednesday....

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Source: daily news

Radical? - Obama To "Reverse' Some Bush Decisions

Some four dozen advisers have worked for months to identify possible regulatory and policy changes that could be implemented soon after Obama takes office Jan. 20.

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Source: upi